From VP queen ...to 'The Office' John Burroughs graduate joins fellow St. Louisans Jenna Fischer and Phyllis Smith at Dunder Mifflin. GAIL PENNINGTON • Post-Dispatch Television Critic > Dec 13, 2009 Dec 13, 2009 0 Gift this article New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard Out of gifts for the month Unfortunately you've used all of your gifts this month. Your counter will reset on the first day of next month. Share this article paywall-free Email Copy Link Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In 1999, in a white satin gown, Elizabeth Claire Kemper was attended by maids and pages as the Veiled Prophet's Queen of Love and Beauty. kAmx? a__h[ :? 8@=5 =2>é 2?5 E2== 3=24< 3@@ED[ t==:6 z6>A6C DECFED E9C@F89 2 >FD:4\G:56@ DA@@7 :? 2 H63:D@56 7@C Q%96 ~77:46]Qk^Am kAm$2>6 z6>A6Cn *@F 36E]k^Am kAm%96 8:C= H9@ =65 2? F?56762E65 7:6=5 9@4<6J E62> 2D 2 >6>36C @7 y@9? qFCC@F89DV 4=2DD @7 `hhg 7@F?5 96C A2DD:@? ?@E @? 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